Member Information
Office Hours
Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
The office is not open on Saturday, Sunday or holidays if you call you will need to leave a message and I will return your call on Monday or send and email to info@fcarodeo.com and I will respond on Monday. The phone is not answered on the weekends!
There may be times that the office isn't open or the phone isn't answered as I might be away from the office. Please leave a voicemail and someone will return your call or send an email to info@fcarodeo.com. The phone is not answered at night.
How to Enter an FCA Rodeo
Order of Slack at All Rodeos
TD/SW/TR/LBR/JBR (if there is BAW it will follow TD and PWB follows JBR)
All fines must be paid prior to entering a rodeo, we honor LRA, WRA, CCA and CRA suspended lists - If you have fines with any of the other rodeo associations you will not be allowed to enter. You must clear up your fines prior to entry
Memberships will not be processed on the final day of entries! They need to be submitted by 12:00 on Friday prior to phone entries
A few things to consider when entering a rodeo:
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The office needs to fill the performances in all events before a slack will be considered in that event.
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If you enter for 2 full performances you may end up in slack. There is only room in the performances for a certain number of competitors and the Committees have some locals that will get a performance.
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Our Rodeo Committees determine how many people they will take in a performance.
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If you enter for slack you will receive a better draw in the slack. The barrel racers will be drawn in the top and the other timed events at the bottom.
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We do not take in to consideration Jackpots and non sanctioned Rodeos when doing the draw, we can only do our best with the co-approved rodeos on our schedule.
Buddy Groups – A buddy group includes up to a total of four (4) people. All members of the buddy group must go to the same number of rodeos but the lowest priority still affects the whole group. Example: If three people in the group go to 3 rodeos and your 4th person is only going to one that will bring your priority down and you may not receive the day you asked for at the FCA rodeo. Timed Event entries if you normally don’t travel with roughstock, you can’t buddy with them just to get a performance.
Rule Changes for 2026
New Rule
Contestants must earn money at regular season rodeo’s or sanctioned events and meet the rodeo count, to be eligible to compete at the FCA Finals .
Contestants must meet rodeo count & money requirements to receive Season Leader Prizes
Page 3 Objectives of the Society are
Changed to read
To organize and promote a circuit of rodeo contestants to afford the opportunity to the members to engage in rodeo competition, to assist, encourage and work for the benefit of novices and other cowboys, contestants and generally to organize rodeo contestants who are members of the association.
Page 4 Section S
Changed to read
Semi-pro and CPRA cardholders are eligible to purchase FCA memberships.
Page 4 Section S
Removed
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Any CPRA, PRCA, or WPRA full-contesting member in good standing wishing to apply for a FCA contestant membership may do so, immediately upon resignation of that full-contesting membership from the CPRA, PRCA, or WPRA and that the FCA membership form state that the FCA membership be granted upon person swearing a statutory declaration that he/she is not currently a CPRA/PRCA/WPRA full-contesting member, except a member with Semi Pro Status, and if so becomes one agrees to immediately forfeit his/her FCA membership and all its rights and privileges. Semi-pro and Boys Steer Riding members and Permit Holders will be exempt from this ruling.
Page 18 Section A
New Rule
FCA judges will be required to attend a FCA , or FCA approved judging clinic semi annually in order to judge a FCA rodeo. All FCA judges must have a current membership
Page 19 section F
New Rule
Timers will record the electric timer times during barrel racing , these are the “official times” for that event .
Timers: one timer to record electric timer times and the other timer to record stopwatch times . Timers cards must be signed and indicate the card for the electric eye and the stopwatch times .
Page 19 section G
Removed
A judge other than the flag judge shall be present to read the time off the electric timer in the barrel racing
Page 22 Section 9
Ranch Broncs change to local event
Turnout/Vet Out Information
Turnout information can be found in the rule book on page 6
Turnouts/Vet Outs must be emailed to info@fcarodeo.com
A turnout will be considered "notified" only if: Sent to the email above at least two hours prior to the performance or slack time on the day the contestant is scheduled to compete. Verbal or Phone in turnouts are not accepted. If you turnout after this time you will be considered a non notified turnout.
Fines for turnouts are as follows:
Non Notified Turnout of 1st preference $100 + fees
Notified Turn Out of 1st preference $50 + fees
Non Notified Turn Out of performance other than 1st preference $50 + fees, Notified Turn Out of performance other than 1st preference $10 + fees.
With ALL turnouts, contestants are responsible for paying the applicable Fees & Fines.
Turnout fines and fees must be received by the F.C.A. office before 9:00 a.m. on the Wednesday following the rodeo to be able to enter the next rodeo, if you have online entered and fees are not paid you will be pulled from the draw.
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FCA BARRELRACING GUIDELINES & DUTIES
Rodeo Barrel Racing Duties
1. Last three (3) ladies and last two (2) juniors in each performance/slack must:
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Check markers with a judge one (1) hour before performance/slack
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Set up timers, take “readout box” to Announcer stand
Make sure Barrel Covers are on barrels (separate covers for LBR&JBR)
2. First three (3) ladies in each performance/slack must:
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Take timer down, get readout box from announcers stand & put away in case
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Collect all tapes, markers, hammers, etc. and put in Barrel Marking bag
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Collect both sets of Barrel Covers and put in Barrel Cover bag– put with Banner bag for judges to take to next rodeo.
ALL BARREL RACERS PEFORMING DUTIES MUST SIGN THE OFFICIAL MEASUREMENT SHEET IN THE COMPANY OF A JUDGE.
If you are not able to perform you duties it is your responsibility to find a replacement to do your duties & sign the sheet for you. If your name is not the Measurement sheet, or we can’t read your name/signature YOU WILL BE FINED.
Barrel Representative Duties
Mark barrel pattern minimum two (2) hours prior to first performance/slack. Official pattern sheet must be given to the Judge(s) to check one(1) hour prior to each performance/slack.
You can request a blank measurement sheet from the office or the Rodeo Secretary at each rodeo will have one.
Barrel Racing Pattern Marking Guidelines
To eliminate discrepancies when marking the pattern ensure:
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all measurements are recorded as accurately as possible– ie: tight tapes, start at zero, write measurements down correctly on Official sheet.)
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record color of markers, flag or spray paint so others are not confused
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Box the Eye– see reverse for reference chart for distances between first barrels & score line
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if you use measurements outside the chart the formula for boxing the eye is: x + y
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Barrels must be a minimum of 20 feet off all fences outdoors and 15 feet off all fences indoors.
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Stopping Distance: Open gate = 30 feet------ Closed gate = 35 feet